Pubdate: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 Source: Gulf News (UAE) Copyright: 2004, Al Nisr Publishing, LLC Contact: http://www.gulf-news.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1604 Author: Tahseen Shagouri, Staff Reporter Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR DEALING IN DRUGS Fujairah: A woman was sentenced to death by the Fujairah Sharia Court yesterday after she was found guilty of possessing and dealing in drugs. Fujairah Police received a tip-off the Pakistani woman was selling hashish in the East Coast. An undercover police agent was sent to meet her after she set up a time and place to carry out the deal. When the woman arrived police seized around 149 grammes of hashish from her. When questioned by police, the woman, identified as S.M., denied the charge of possessing and dealing in drugs and claimed her stepfather had given her the bag of hashish to deliver to someone. She said she did not know what the bag contained and if had she known it contained drugs she would never have delivered it. The suspect stood by her statement when questioned by the Public Prosecution. She repeated she did not even know what hashish looked like and had just done what her stepfather had asked her to do. The Public Prosecution did not believe her and charged her with possessing and trading in drugs and referred her to the court which sentenced her to death. Meanwhile the Appeal Court has reduced the sentence of Abdullah M.K., a UAE national from Dhadnah, for possessing and trading in drugs from 12 years to eight years. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager